Lavigny, Switzerland

Lavigny is a municipality in the district of Morges of the canton of Vaud, Switzerland.

History

Lavigny is first mentioned in 1145 as Lauiniaco.

Geography

Lavigny has an area, as of 2009, of 4 square kilometers (1.5 sq mi). Of this area, 3.24 km² (1.25 sq mi) or 81.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.2 km² (0.077 sq mi) or 5.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.5 km² (0.19 sq mi) or 12.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and 0.02 km² (4.9 acres) or 0.5% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 6.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 3.5%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.3%. Out of the forested land, 3.5% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.5% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 60.3% is used for growing crops and 3.0% is pastures, while 17.8% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.